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peter1234 
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 Posted: March-30-2013 at 11:33am |
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that bolt will come out just make sure you do the left right left rotation to start
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former skylark owner now a formula but I cant let this place go
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GlassSeeker
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Posted: March-30-2013 at 3:38pm |
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maybe you don't care about your carpet but I would have something covering your carpet like old carpet scraps or towels or something.
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This is the life
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Frankenotter
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Posted: March-31-2013 at 1:03am |
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You're right Andy.
I thought about the carpet a little too late and realized my mistake after it was covered in corrosion. I'm dissapointed with myself for being stupid about it, however, I've had great success cleaning marine carpet n the past that was much older and worse off than mine. It is more work though. 
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Foot_Fungus
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Posted: March-31-2013 at 3:40pm |
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You could always try cutting a slot in the bolt then and using a flathead screwdriver to turn them out. I've had that work several times for me. If you have one of those nifty impact screwdriver attachments those work wonders. I had 2 stuck(after using penetrating oil, I prefer Mopar) on the most recent manifold replacement and I gave them each 3 good whacks with a sledge and a cold punch and they then spun right out. Usually its just a matter of shattering the rust bonds in the threads.
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'94SN Restoration underway...
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Frankenotter
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Posted: April-03-2013 at 1:21am |
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SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I met with my welding guy and we tacked a nut onto the stud. I let it cure a little and gave it another shot of oil for good measure. One turn of the wrench and it broke free!!!!! That just saved me a ton of time, money, and work. Now I'm just waiting for my new manifolds to arrive and this little boat will be up and running within a week. I took pictures of the process but my camera is acting up and it's unable to download to my PC right now. I'll post them as soon as I can for anyone in this predicament in the future. Chris |
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SNobsessed
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Posted: April-03-2013 at 1:58am |
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Where are you going for your shakedown cruise?
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Gary S
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Posted: April-03-2013 at 2:05am |
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Hollywood
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Posted: April-03-2013 at 12:28pm |
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I'm sorry I didn't mention this earlier but if you got the threads clean enough to spin a nut on, you just put on 2 and then loosen the further one down the bolt. Hold the second nut acts tight with a second wrench and it acts as a jam. No welding needed.
Anyway, glad to hear you got it worked out. |
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Frankenotter
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Posted: April-03-2013 at 12:39pm |
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HW I though of that as well but the threads corroded off. The first time I put a vice grip on the stud the outer wall turned to dust. Same results with a pipe wrench.
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Frankenotter
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Posted: April-03-2013 at 1:10pm |
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Here are the pictures.
The sacrificial nut pre-weld.  I didn't realize until I got the photo on my computer that the bolt was out of focus. However, you can still see the threads that were inside the head are still intact. Only the hex head and section inside the manifold were bad. I checked the threads inside the head and they still look clean. I sprayed them down with oil as a precaution.  This was the source of all my trouble for the last few weeks. I'm going to frame it and display on my coffee table.  |
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